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Chelmondiston maps
Historic maps of Chelmondiston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Chelmondiston maps
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Chelmondiston books
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Suffolk Living Memories
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Memories of Chelmondiston
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Buying a new drum for the Whitethorn Morris Band in Chelmondiston
In 2002 I had already been the band leader for the Whitethorn Band for more than twenty years and ithe musicians decided we needed a new drum. By chance we discovered Barry Askew in Chelmondiston who used his woodworking skills to hand make perfect drums suitable for morris musicians.
We commisioned a new drum and one fine Autumn... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2008
Suffolk memories
I remember Shotley Gate 1954/55. I wish I could erase it from my memory. 12 months of sheer Hell at the infamous Ganges. I enjoyed my Naval Service and I did well, but Ganges almost defeated me. I danced a jig when they demolished the place!
JW
Shared on 27 September 2008
My ancestors owned this public house in the late 18th century. Prior to this they were tenants of the Duke of Bristol and the head of the household was the ferryman. He was mentioned in a letter to the Duke from a disgruntled customer claimed that his attitude was unbecoming!
We have visited the area many times during my search for... [more]
Shared on 07 April 2007
Until the mid '70s Shotley Gate was the home of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training establishment. As 15 year old boys under training in 1964 we were allowed to visit the Post Office (see photograph in this collection) to draw money out of our Post Office savings books - usually to buy food of some sort as Ganges food was... [more]
Shared on 22 December 2006
I loved going in the Ancient House as a child. Lots of stationary and books. I remember the floors squeaked.Shame it is no longer a book store.
Shared on 01 July 2009
I worked at Bowhill Elliot and White shoe store at the top of The Walk in 1960 Every morning I walked through here to go to work. I still e-mail a friend who worked at Turners Photography also in The Walk. We were like a family in The Walk, greeting each other every day, and going to lunch.
Shared on 01 July 2009
The shoe shop at number 44 was Thomas Alderton and Son, shown on the 1871 census as the family living there, presumably above the shop, it was still there in 1985 with the original street frontage, is it there now?
Shared on 31 January 2009
Back in the 1960s there was a beautiful Magnolia tree oposite the church in front of a solicitor's office in St. Lawrence Street.
Forty years have passed and I live the other side of the world.
I wonder if that tree is still there.
Shared on 30 July 2008
Extracts From Chelmondiston & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Chelmondiston, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
The Red Lion changed its name to The Venture (a ship) in 1997. The 1880s red brick house beyond with veranda under the gable was part of the Berners' estate at Woolverton Hall. Set back out of view is the Methodist chapel of 1879. The Post Office and Stores (centre) run by C J Brook closed in 2002. On the left, the rounded... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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St Mary's, one of the largest in Suffolk, is not a typical Suffolk wool church, and has an elegant lead spire. Inside is the 600-year-old Angelus Bell, one of the oldest in the country, which is inscribed 'Ave Maria Gracia Plena Dominus Tecum'. Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription, as he forgot to invert the words laterally in... [more]
This is an extract from Ispwich Pocket Album.
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A 20th-century means of pro- ducing power shares the banks of the Orwell with vessels which harness one of the oldest forms of power. With shallow mudflats along the banks of the tidal Orwell estuary, moored sailing boats end up on their keels twice a day.
This is an extract from Ispwich Pocket Album.
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